Category Archives: DIY

St. Patrick’s Day Scrapbook

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Okay, I have been beating around the bush because I don’t quite know how to say this.  I am just going to come out with it…I don’t like making things for St. Patrick’s Day!  Just the thought gives me hives!  Nothing at all against the holiday.  It’s just the colors!  It is almost impossible for me to work with that… Read more »

School Project: Paper Wallet

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Erica (8th grade) had to do a project for her French class where she had to teach a lesson to the students while speaking French.  She taught her lesson on the Euro.  She printed out fake Euro bills and coins.  Of course I couldn’t allow her to just carry in some paper money and talk about it, right?!  I had to make her… Read more »

Use Your Green Scraps to Make Home Decor for the Month of March

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I put all of my green scraps to good use and made this home decoration to display during the month of March.  St. Patrick’s Day is a difficult one for me to create for.  I think it might be because green is a really difficult color for me to work with. Get ready to see several more things made with… Read more »

Make a Paper Dollhouse: Template & Tutorial

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Download the PDF template (dollhouse.pdf) I absolutely love dolls and dollhouses.  I was so excited to find a tutorial on THIS BLOG that showed how to make a small fabric dollhouse.  I adapted the pattern to make it work for a house made out of paper.  I am pretty happy with the results!  I’m not finished yet…now I have to make… Read more »

Upcycled Plastic Tubes: Love Letters

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A friend of mine gave me these plastic tubes. Here is the before picture.  Pretty boring, huh? Here is what I came up with.  Pretty simple.  I made it in less than five minutes!  Think “Message in a Bottle.”  You can use it as a tube to send love notes back and forth!  Another use would be to store kids’… Read more »